Homo sapiens systemic artery anterior spinal artery http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Anterior_spinal_cord_-_very_low_mag.jpg EMAPA:18242 Wikipedia:Anterior_spinal_artery UBERON:0005431 EHDAA:6382 anterior spinal arteries SCTID:181329004 ventral artery of the spinal cord EHDAA2:0000131 UMLS:C0149603 ventral spinal artery arteria spinalis anterior NCIT:C12833 FMA:50531 A blood vessel that supplies the anterior portion of the spinal cord. It arises from branches of the vertebral arteries and is supplied by the anterior segmental medullary arteries, including the artery of Adamkiewicz, and courses along the anterior aspect of the spinal cord. anterior medial spinal artery